The House of the Dead was a hit zombie light gun game back in the 90’s in the arcades. This huge Sega hit spawned a game called Typing of the Dead that featured Agent G and heroes wielding keyboards instead of guns. The game was highly addictive as words and sentences popped up on enemies. If you typed everything correctly the zombie would die. A reimagining using the Wii hit House of the Dead: Overkill takes the main game and turns it into a keyboard typing fest and it’s a blast.
The story and voice acting are intentionally left to be cheesy to make fun of the absolutely abysmal voice acting from the original games. It adds a comedy factor. While it’s not nearly as bad as previous games it’s still enough to bring back memories. Agent G and Washington are after a man named Papa Caesar who has somehow killed Washington’s father and released a zombie virus among the world. Along the way, you meet various characters, but none of them are really memorable. The wacky story and over the top adult content such as swearing and gore is a blast.
The game is on rails like any light gun shooter. As zombies pop up you just type away with what you see. Each level is unique with its own themed zombies and bosses. The zombies are well done and the game can be sometimes downright gross. The bosses are both funny and disgusting to look at, but overall the typing portion of the game is only as difficult as your typing skills permit. Thankfully you don’t have to include punctuation or anything like that. Just type what you see as fast as you can. Sometimes you have to save civilians for more points, but outside killing zombies there’s nothing else in the levels. If you spam the Tab key you can get all the hidden extras which makes it much easier to unlock everything.
Thankfully this is only half the game. The other half is the actual light gun game using the mouse to shoot. Basically, it’s two games in one, but if you play through one it will be tough to get through another due to repetition. It’s not like you can choose another ending or go down multiple paths. The game is really only good for one playthrough unless you are extremely bored. The extras aren’t really anything worth unlocking either.
For what it is the game offers a lot of content for the small price, but playing through the game twice in different modes just doesn’t seem appealing for the amounts of cheese the game layers on.
The story and voice acting are intentionally left to be cheesy to make fun of the absolutely abysmal voice acting from the original games. It adds a comedy factor. While it’s not nearly as bad as previous games it’s still enough to bring back memories. Agent G and Washington are after a man named Papa Caesar who has somehow killed Washington’s father and released a zombie virus among the world. Along the way, you meet various characters, but none of them are really memorable. The wacky story and over the top adult content such as swearing and gore is a blast.
The game is on rails like any light gun shooter. As zombies pop up you just type away with what you see. Each level is unique with its own themed zombies and bosses. The zombies are well done and the game can be sometimes downright gross. The bosses are both funny and disgusting to look at, but overall the typing portion of the game is only as difficult as your typing skills permit. Thankfully you don’t have to include punctuation or anything like that. Just type what you see as fast as you can. Sometimes you have to save civilians for more points, but outside killing zombies there’s nothing else in the levels. If you spam the Tab key you can get all the hidden extras which makes it much easier to unlock everything.
Thankfully this is only half the game. The other half is the actual light gun game using the mouse to shoot. Basically, it’s two games in one, but if you play through one it will be tough to get through another due to repetition. It’s not like you can choose another ending or go down multiple paths. The game is really only good for one playthrough unless you are extremely bored. The extras aren’t really anything worth unlocking either.
For what it is the game offers a lot of content for the small price, but playing through the game twice in different modes just doesn’t seem appealing for the amounts of cheese the game layers on.
The best improvement over the original Overkill release I could've asked for. Typing of the Dead is a blast.
missing sounds, but overkill is a great spinoff
I might try it again later, was okay when I played it once.
It's pretty OK. It was a lot more enjoyable with a friend, but even then we never bothered to beat it.
I like the original year 2000 version more.
The sentences I had to type had me laughing and crying in their complexity as I was being eaten
I felt this was a genius idea. Just clicking on the mutant's heads with a mouse is not going to be as satisfying or fun as using the Wii Remote as a lightgun, so they decided to make this PC port a typing tutor akin to the original The Typing of the Dead. From what I've played, I liked it, but I never really finished it either. I do want to go back to it sometime, though.
A part of me does feel I would have enjoyed the original The Typing of the Dead more than this, but that may be because I have way more nostalgia for The House of the Dead 2. Also, you can't really beat "I've been waiting for you...friends."
A part of me does feel I would have enjoyed the original The Typing of the Dead more than this, but that may be because I have way more nostalgia for The House of the Dead 2. Also, you can't really beat "I've been waiting for you...friends."
Suffers from all of the issues of the core game, obviously, and also the typing is even clunkier than in the original THE TYPING OF THE DEAD. Still a funny mix of genres, though.
I sure hope if there's ever a zombie apocalypse irl I can just type at them, otherwise I am fuuuuuuucked.
I love typing games but this game kinda blows
Eu digito rápido e é muito prazeroso fazer isso pra matar zumbis, principalmente com a negação que sou em FPS. A história é meio "filme B" demais pra mim, mas a sensação de jogar em si compensa.